Sunday’s stakeholders meeting between club owners of the South South
zone of the Nigeria Women Football League and some Adhoc Committee
members set up by the Nigeria Football Federation yielded what one could
call bright future for Women football in Nigeria.

The meeting
had the Adhoc committee chairman, Babagana Kali in attendance and
Pelican Stars chairman, Kumo who is also a member of the committee.

Secretary
to the NWFL, Ayo was equally present at the meeting. All clubs in the
zone were heavily represented by their chairmen, team managers and
coaches.

Only clubs from Osun and Lagos were absent from the all important meeting.

The club owners spoke in one voice and asked that elections be put on hold in other for the league to resume.

Issues
on players transfer from one club to another within the country was
equally addressed as club owners were asked to always ensure they notify
the club they have its player to avoid misunderstanding between both
parties and proper transfers done to clear players.

Following the
previous methods of host teams being the ones to pay match officials
their indemnity, the Secretary said that would be looked into to stop
match officials from being compromised and quality officials will
equally be sent to every match venue.

It was also agreed that
match venues be up to standard, no host team should take its opponent to
a school field to play a professional league like the women.

Also
names of referees in every match day will be published a day before
every match day and league tables and results will equally be published.

The
Adhoc chairman also hinted that they were on the verge of securing a
major sponsor for the league this season and that an individual with
verse knowledge on marketing will be appointed to oversee the NWFL.

The
committee promised to take all that was agreed on to the Lokoja people
who will be meeting on Tuesday after which they’d submit everything to
the federation.

The committee chairman assured the club owners that the league would resume in April.Ademetan Abayomi